During April 2026, Duerzy enhanced the Hermes-agent repository by enabling SOCKS proxy support to address connectivity issues in restricted network environments. They resolved a key bug by updating the pyproject.toml file, adding the httpx [socks] extra and ensuring the socksio package was installed, which allowed Hermes-agent to function reliably behind SOCKS proxies. This work required careful dependency management using TOML and a solid understanding of Python packaging. By streamlining dependencies and minimizing risk, Duerzy improved deployment flexibility for customers needing proxy support, demonstrating depth in managing Python networking dependencies within a production codebase over the course of the month.